(44263) Nansouty

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Asteroid
(44263) Nansouty
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.7472  AU
eccentricity 0.1446
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3499 AU - 3.1445 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.3458 °
Length of the ascending node 334.9496 °
Argument of the periapsis 76.2246 °
Sidereal period 4.55 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.2 mag
history
Explorer Philippe Dupouy
Frédéric Maréchal
Date of discovery August 28, 1998
Another name 1998 QR 53
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(44263) Nansouty is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 28, 1998 by the French amateur astronomers Philippe Dupouy and Frédéric Maréchal at the observatory ( IAU code 958) in Dax in the land of the Aquitaine region .

The asteroid was named on August 6, 2009 after the French general and meteorologist Charles-Marie-Étienne Champion Dubois de Nansouty (1815–1895), who co-founded the Pic du Midi de Bigorre .

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